What would you do if confronted by corruption in a violent city like Pompeii?
This
recommendation is appropriate for the theme of Authenticity and a very good read
worth mentioning. Yes, an ancient city and historical, but this book is not at all like
the 2014 movie Pompeii, which is good in its own right. No, this book titled Pompeii
by Robert Harris, is something else altogether.
Published in 2003, it is
Historical Fiction and tells the story of Marcus Attilius Primus, an engineer
who is decent and incorruptible. On the behest of Pliny the elder, he comes to
Pompeii to investigate the tremors that have caused the aqueducts to go dry. Historically,
Pliny the younger witnesses the destruction of Pompeii and lives to tell the story
we have come to understand, but it is Marcus who wades into the corrupt and
violent town. Will he, too, escape the mountain’s fury? You’ll need to read to
find out. Enjoy!
~DaMarie
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